Here’s a video of my son today identifying the moon and all the planets in the solar system (except Earth). He turned two years old a month ago.
At this rate, I’ll have to send the kid to Caltech. And Caltech’s expensive, so please consider donating to his tuition fund by picking up a copy of Weird World War III.
Here’s a cumulative summary of all the promotional activity I’ve compiled as of November 27, 2020. The only addition this week is a nice little feature on Weird World War III on contributor, Erica L. Satifka‘s blog.
So far, Weird World War III has garnered media appearances in the following formats:
Mike Davis, Benjamin Handelman, Matthew Carpenter, Richard Bunting, Laird Barron, and John Langan, “Interviews: Laird Barron, John Langan“, Lovecraft eZine, 23 August 2020 (John Langan, talks about his story, “Second Front”, in Weird World War III at the 1:56:44-minute mark)
Various Baen Authors and Editors, “Baen Virtual Roadshow: Dragon Con 2020“, Baen Books, 10 September 2020 (I introduce the anthology at the 16:34-minute mark)
David Afsharirad, Sean Patrick Hazlett, John Langan, T.C. McCarthy, and Erica Satifka, “Editor and Authors on Weird World War III“, Baen Free Radio Hour, 30 October 2020
Pete Johannsen, Karlo Yeager Rodriguez, and Erica L. Satifka, “The Big So So“, Podside Picnic, 10 November 2020 (Erica Satifka talks about her story, “Where You Lead, I Will Follow: An Oral History of the Denver Incident”, in Weird World War III at the 30:55-minute mark)
Dr. John DeSalvo, Joe Montaldo, and Sean Patrick Hazlett, “Sean Patrick Hazlett”, Science & Beyond with Dr. John DeSalvo and Joe Montaldo, 16 November 2020
A Book Launch in the Time of COVID-19 and Cyberwar (Continued)
In the first seven weeks since launch, BookScan reported a total of 270 Weird World War III US retail print sales.
Below are the BookScan US trade paperback sales as reported by Amazon for the period of November 16th through November 22nd by geography. As a reminder, BookScan compiles point-of-sales data from ~10,000 retailers throughout the US, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Target, and Buy.Com. Retailers such as Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club do not participate. As such, BookScan estimates that this point-of-sales data represent about 75% of all brick-and-mortar and online retail print book sales in the US. It does not include ebook sales, sales outside the US, sales to libraries, or used book sales.
According to Bookscan, Weird World War III sold 20 copies last week, which is a decrease from the 26 copies sold in week six.
Amazon reviews for Weird World War III continue to trickle in, with 18 ratings thus far.
Again, if you’re reading this and still haven’t purchased a copy yet, please do. All you need do is click one of the links below. If you have purchased a copy, thank you so much. If you don’t mind doing a quick Amazon review, I would be even more grateful.
A Book Launch in the Time of COVID-19 and Cyberwar (Continued)
In the first six weeks since launch, BookScan reported a total of 250 Weird World War III US retail print sales.
Below are the BookScan US trade paperback sales as reported by Amazon for the period of November 9th through November 15th by geography. As a reminder, BookScan compiles point-of-sales data from ~10,000 retailers throughout the US, including Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, Target, and Buy.Com. Retailers such as Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club do not participate. As such, BookScan estimates that this point-of-sales data represent about 75% of all brick-and-mortar and online retail print book sales in the US. It does not include ebook sales, sales outside the US, sales to libraries, or used book sales.
According to Bookscan, Weird World War III sold 26 copies last week, which is an increase over the 20 copies sold in week five. I attribute this increase to multiple media appearances this week plus the ripple effect of appearing on Coast to Coast AM, which has a 2.75 million-person weekly audience.
Amazon reviews for Weird World War III continue to trickle in, even my first three-star rating–on my birthday.
Again, if you’re reading this and still haven’t purchased a copy yet, please do. All you need do is click one of the links below. If you have purchased a copy, thank you so much. If you don’t mind doing a quick Amazon review, I would be even more grateful.
Mike Davis, Benjamin Handelman, Matthew Carpenter, Richard Bunting, Laird Barron, and John Langan, “Interviews: Laird Barron, John Langan“, Lovecraft eZine, 23 August 2020 (John Langan, talks about his story, “Second Front”, in Weird World War III at the 1:56:44-minute mark)
Various Baen Authors and Editors, “Baen Virtual Roadshow: Dragon Con 2020“, Baen Books, 10 September 2020 (I introduce the anthology at the 16:34-minute mark)
David Afsharirad, Sean Patrick Hazlett, John Langan, T.C. McCarthy, and Erica Satifka, “Editor and Authors on Weird World War III“, Baen Free Radio Hour, 30 October 2020
Pete Johannsen, Karlo Yeager Rodriguez, and Erica L. Satifka, “The Big So So“, Podside Picnic, 10 November 2020 (Erica Satifka talks about her story, “Where You Lead, I Will Follow: An Oral History of the Denver Incident”, in Weird World War III at the 30:55-minute mark)
Dr. John DeSalvo, Joe Montaldo, and Sean Patrick Hazlett, “Sean Patrick Hazlett”, Science & Beyond with Dr. John DeSalvo and Joe Montaldo, 16 November 2020
Through A Glass Darkly 